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2024 should be democracy's biggest year ever.
Over four billion people – around half of the world's population across more than 60 countries – will go to the polls.
Yet, democracy may now be in decline. There are fewer democracies, fewer people live in democracies, and many established democracies have veered towards more authoritarian responses.
Democratic countries have also become less democratic, reflecting increasing levels of autocracy, political populism, the personalisation of political power, restrictions on free speech, and other forms of democratic "backsliding."
Will 2024 be democracy's biggest test, or is there reason for cautious optimism?
AIIA Victoria invites you to join Damien Kingsbury, author of The Rise and Decline of Modern Democracy (Routledge, 2023) to explore the challenges of the year ahead.
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